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αίτημα
request /ˈeti.ma/
nounB2#2737 most common
Also: demand, petition, claim
Example sentences
Το αίτημά μου είναι απλό.
My request is simple.
Έστειλα ένα αίτημα στην τράπεζα.
I sent a request to the bank.
Οι εργαζόμενοι κατέθεσαν αίτημα για αύξηση μισθού.
The workers submitted a request for a pay raise.
Η κυβέρνηση απέρριψε το αίτημα των διαδηλωτών.
The government rejected the protesters' demand.
Το αίτημα ασύλου του εξετάζεται ακόμη από τις αρχές.
His asylum request is still being examined by the authorities.
Παρά τις επανειλημμένες εκκλήσεις, το αίτημά τους για διεθνή διαμεσολάβηση παρέμεινε αναπάντητο.
Despite repeated appeals, their request for international mediation went unanswered.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το αίτημα | τα αιτήματα |
| Genitive | του αιτήματος | των αιτημάτων |
| Accusative | το αίτημα | τα αιτήματα |
| Vocative | αίτημα | αιτήματα |
Word family
αιτώ / αιτούμαιto request, to demand
αίτησηapplication, formal requestαιτίαcause, reasonαιτών / αιτούσαapplicant (male/female)
αιτούμενοςrequested, sought
Etymology
Αίτημα comes from the verb αιτώ (αιτέω), meaning to ask or demand, with the noun-forming suffix -μα attached to mark the result of an action. So αίτημα literally denotes the thing produced by asking: a request or claim put forward. The deeper origin of the verb αιτέω is not settled. Beekes and other etymologists find no convincing Indo-European derivation for it and suspect it may come from a pre-Greek substrate language.
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